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Definitions for: Crick [n] English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1916)
[n] a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)
[v] twist the head into a strained position
Webster (1913) Definition: Crick (kr[i^]k), n. [See Creak.]
The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.]
--Johnson.
Crick, n. [The same as creek a bending, twisting. See
Creek, Crook.]
1. A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part
of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it
difficult to move the part.
To those also that, with a crick or cramp, have thei
necks drawn backward. --Holland.
2. [Cf. F. cric.] A small jackscrew. --Knight.
Synonyms: Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick, rick, wrick
See Also: biochemist, cramp, muscle spasm, spasm, strain, tense, tense up
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